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Software and search heavyweights Adobe and Google joined forces this week, announcing a multi-year distribution deal that pairs the Google Toolbar with Adobe's downloadable Macromedia Shockwave Player. The Adobe deal is widely viewed as yet another weapon in Google's arsenal against its entrenched ...
For months, the so-called DVD format wars have been mostly theoretical -- but now, the real, marketplace battle is finally getting underway. Sony and Toshiba, two of the frontrunners in the race, will face off with competing technologies, with Samsung being the first to make Sony's Blu-ray strike ag...
When China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001 it was thought the move would induce the nation to toe the line on the theft of intellectual property within its borders, but that hasn't been the case -- and it won't be until the Asian giant steps up its efforts at innovation, according to one...
Everywhere you turn these days in the digital world you'll run into touts about sharing. Share files. Share photos. Share video. That's fine, but someone forgot to tell the e-mail providers about this sharing craze. They're still putting limits on attachments to e-mail messages that put a grave crim...
Microsoft made a major move into robotics this week as the software giant previewed its Windows-based Robotics Studio robot software development platform. Along with a list of robotics partners including Lego, White Box Robotics, and universities around the globe, Microsoft said its robotics develop...
Video game titan Electronic Arts on Wednesday announced it has entered into an agreement to acquire Mythic Entertainment. Mythic is recognized for its success in the online gaming space with the "Dark Age of Camelot." The company is currently developing "Warhammer Online: Age of Reckoning" under lic...
Opera Software on Tuesday released Opera 9, its newest Web browser. The browser is freely available in more than 25 languages for Windows, Mac, Linux and other platforms. Opera 9 attempts to improve the way its users access, share and use online content by including widgets -- small and useful Web ...
While technology news buzzes around Vonage's recent IPO and Skype making major moves into the enterprise, there is a nagging issue all Voice over Internet Protocol players face: 911 response. Few can deny the cost saving benefits of Internet telephone services, but the chief concern is emergency sit...
U.S. District Court Judge James Brady in Baton Rouge has granted a temporary stay on a new Louisiana law signed last week that would outlaw the sale of violent video games to children under 18. The request for a stay was made by two industry organizations -- the Entertainment Software Association an...
Researchers from IBM and Georgia Institute of Technology have demonstrated a silicon-germanium processor that, when cryogenically frozen, can operate at frequencies higher than 500 gigahertz, some 250 times faster than the chips of today's mobile phones. The phenomenal jump in chip clock speed may b...
A former MTV executive is hoping that music will become the killer application for social networking, launching a site that lets users interact with others based on their musical tastes. MOG.com, which ex-MTV marketing executive David Hyman created last year with $1.4 million in venture funding, lau...
As the battle for Instant Messaging market share heats up, Microsoft and Yahoo are upping the ante with new and improved communications services. While Microsoft is touting its Windows Live service with the release of its glorified Messenger, Yahoo is pushing plug-ins with its new beta. Microsoft o...
By creating a synergistic relationship between online music downloads and its iPod hardware, Apple Computer has made it very difficult for competitors to pry market share from the Cupertino, Calif.-based company. A growing shift in the music buying habits of consumers could give those coveting a big...
Cell phones have been transformed into handheld computers capable of supporting e-mail, Web surfing, and video transmissions, which has necessitated the development of more sophisticated cell phone operating systems. After a number of failed attempts to emerge as a significant force in this market,...
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